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Originally posted by TheNight
Above is the famous painting The Son of Man by René Magritte. Of the artwork, Magritte once said "Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." I feel that this painting is a fair representation of what Gaga wanted to do with ARTPOP. Imagine the apple is art and the man is pop. Gaga said she wanted to put art in front of pop. Well, when she tried, it seemed that many wanted more pop, and when she reversed the roles - making the apple pop and the man art - it appeared as though their minds had changed, and they wanted more art from her. It's like Magritte said, "we always want to see what is hidden by what we see": if people saw art, they wanted pop; if they saw pop, they wanted art. We know both are there, but it's almost as if many people can only digest one at a time, and I think ARTPOP was just too full a burrito for their digestive systems to handle. But the thing that really gets me is this: why do they have to be separate? Why must there be a man and an apple, an art and a pop? Can the man not eat the apple, and thus the two become one? Can art and pop not become one - ARTPOP? Was this the true meaning of ARTPOP?
Sorry, this is just a sampling of the things I tend to think about in the early hours of the morning. My apologies. |
Wow, I love this. Also that quote (What he said) is amazing.
You don't need to apologize for your opinions.
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